Contents 



CHAPTER IV 



THE GARDEN IN MID-WINTER page 



The creation of a garden — Rapid growth — Absence of 

 lawns — Climbing plants — Orchids — Over-watering — 

 Ignorance of gardeners — A Russian episode — Per- 

 quisites — Our gardeners — Good manners of lower 

 classes — The servants' view — Botanical names of plants 

 — Florists' names — The weather .... 62 



CHAPTER V 



PLAGUE AND RIOT 



Sanitary shortcomings — Plague scare — A dubious epidemic 

 — Lazaretto sacked — Serious outlook — Rioting — Ar- 

 rival of cruiser — A real epidemic — Extraordinary 

 proceedings — A medical hero — A noble lady — The 

 epidemic stayed — A comfortable theory . . .82 



CHAPTER VI 



POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGES 



Murder of Dom Carlos — The policy of hushing-up — Portu- 

 guese politics — Franco, Reformer and Dictator — His 

 failure — Madeira and the murders — The outlook — 

 Portuguese society — Social changes — Abolition ot 

 entail — Landlord and tenant — Genealogy — Historic 

 families — A seventeenth-century visitor — His experi- 

 ences and views — Napoleon Bonaparte ... 9^ 



CHAPTER VII 

 LAND AND SEA 



A mountain S^uinta — Varieties of climate — Rarity of serious 

 crime — Ignorance and terror — Superstitions — Pigs and 

 the evil eye — Valuable recipes — Witches — Pagan 

 survivals — Vows — Wrecks — Freebooters — Naval inci- 

 dents — The Canary Isles — A romance of the sea — A 

 clerical stowaway — A very steep road — Camacha . 121 



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